C minor Chord (Cm) & C minor 7th (Cm7) on Piano & Guitar
A piano keyboard reference for the
C minor chord, abbreviated as
Cm or
Cmin.
The
C minor triad
consists of the notes
C,
E♭
and
G. The 2 inversions to the C minor triad are
E♭ G C
and
G C E♭.
The
C minor 7th chord, abbreviated as
Cm7 or
Cmin7, has the notes
C,
E♭,
G
and
B♭. The
3 inversions to the C minor 7th chord are
E♭ G B♭ C,
G B♭ C E♭
and
B♭ C E♭ G.
The intervals of the
C minor chord
are the
root (C) ,
minor third (E♭)
and
perfect fifth (G). With the
C minor 7th chord, there's an additional
minor seventh (B♭).
🎸 You can also jump to
guitar chord diagrams for the
C minor and C minor7th chords in common positions on the
guitar fretboard. You'll find both open chords and/or barre chords.
The C minor chord is a diatonic chord in the following keys:
C minor Chord on Piano
⌨️ hint: use numbers 1 to 7 on a computer keyboard to trigger the chords and their inversions.
C minor chord
notes: C E♭ G
- C
- E♭
- G
C minor 1st inversion
notes: E♭ G C
- E♭
- G
- C
C minor 2nd inversion
notes: G C E♭
- G
- C
- E♭
C minor 7th chord
notes: C E♭ G B♭
- C
- E♭
- G
- B♭
C minor 7th 1st inversion
notes: E♭ G B♭ C
- E♭
- G
- B♭
- C
C minor 7th 2nd inversion
notes: G B♭ C E♭
- G
- B♭
- C
- E♭
C minor 7th 3rd inversion
notes: B♭ C E♭ G
- B♭
- C
- E♭
- G
🎸 C minor Chord Guitar Diagrams
Below you'll find guitar chord diagrams for common chord positions of the C minor chord and the C minor 7th chord, along with finger positions or note names.
C minor 7th Guitar Chords
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Major Chords
CmajC♯majD♭majDmajD♯majE♭majEmajFmajF♯majG♭majGmajG♯majA♭majAmajA♯majB♭majBmajMinor Chords
C♯min D♭minDminD♯minE♭minEminFminF♯minG♭minGminG♯minA♭minAminA♯minB♭minBminDiminished Chords
Cdim C♯dimDdimD♯dimE♭dimEdimFdimF♯dimGdimG♯dimAdimA♯dimB♭dimBdimAugmented Chords
Caug C♯aug D♭augDaugD♯augE♭augEaugFaugF♯augG♭augGaugG♯augA♭augAaugA♯augB♭augBaugDominant 7th and 9th Chords
C7D7E7F7G7A7B7 C♯7E♭7F♯7A♭7B♭7C9D9E9F9G9A9B9 C♯9E♭9F♯9A♭9B♭9Suspended Chords
CsusDsusEsusFsusGsusAsusBsus C♯susD♯susF♯susG♯susA♯susPiano Samples
The piano samples used for this C minor chord reference are from “ Salamander Grand Piano V3 ” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.